California Fourteeners


1. Mount Whitney (14,494 ft. 4,418 m)

o   Mountaineer's Route (August 2000)

o   Whitney Trail (October 2002)

o   Mountaineer’s Route (May 2008)

o   East Buttress (May 2008)

o   John Muir Trail (July 2020)

2. Mount Williamson (14,370 ft. 4,382 m)

o   West Face (September 2010)

3. White Mountain Peak (14,246 ft. 4,342 m)

o   South Face (June 2007)

4. North Palisade (14,242 ft. 4,341 m)

o   U-Notch/Chimney variation (May 2001)

5. Starlight Peak (14,200 ft. 4,328 m)

o   Starlight Buttress (July 2017)

6. Crooks Peak (Day Needle)* (14,180 ft., 4,322 m)

o Whitney trail (October 2002)

7. Mount Shasta (14,162 ft. 4,317 m)

o Avalanche Gulch (July 2002)

8. Mount Sill (14,153 ft. 4,314 m)

o   Swiss Arête (June 2002)

o   North Couloir (September 2012)

9. Mount Russell (14,088 ft. 4,294 m)

o   South Face, right side (June 2005)

o   East Ridge (June 2021)

10. Polemonium Peak (14,080 ft. 4,292 m)

o  Traverse from Mount Sill (September 2012)

11. Split Mountain (14,058 ft. 4,285 m)

o   North Slope from Upper Basin (September 2011)

12. Mount Langley (14,026 ft., 4,275m)

o   Old Army Pass / South Slope (May 2002)

o   New Army Pass / South Slope (June 2020)

13. Mount Tyndall (14,019 ft. 4,273 m)

o   North Rib (September 2010)

14. Middle Palisade (14,012 ft. 4,271 m.)

o   Northeast Face (June 2012)

15. Mount Muir (14,012 ft. 4,271 m.)

o   From the Whitney Trail (October 2002)

o   From the John Muir Trail (July 2020)

16. Thunderbolt Peak (14,003 ft. 4,268 m.)

o   Southwest Chute #1 (September 2001)


* Note on Crooks Peak / Day Needle: This peak does not appear on most lists of California Fourteeners. However, the US Geological Survey does list it as a summit separate from Mount Whitney.